NOAA's National Weather Service HeadlinesLatest weather and climate headlines from NOAA's National Weather Service...2006 Annual Climate Review...- January 10, 2007 The 2006 average annual temperature for the contiguous U.S. was the warmest on record according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. The warm start to this winter reflected the rarity of Arctic outbreaks as an El Nio episode continued in the equatorial Pacific.http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2006/ann/us-summary.html |